By Rachel Stevens This past Tuesday the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump’s proposed transgender military ban to go into effect. The vote in the Supreme Court on the issue at hand was 5-4. In July 2017, President Trump first proposed the ban on transgender individuals in the military through a tweet. “After consultation with Read More …
By Neil Kavanaugh Students, faculty, and people from far and wide gathered at Catholic University this past Saturday to celebrate Panamá in the Capital. Panamá in the Capital is D.C.’s version of World Youth Day, which was held in Panama City, Panamá this year. World Youth Day is only held every three years, the first Read More …
By Duane Paul Murphy A Catholic University of America alum is running for local political office to serve his small community. Aaron Smith, class of 2013, officially announced his candidacy on Wednesday, January 23 for city council in Noblesville, Indiana, a small suburban town outside the state capital city of Indianapolis. The city council district Read More …
By Catherine O’Grady Last Monday night, Catholic University’s Student Government Association held its first meeting of the semester. The agenda for the meeting, which lasted 24 minutes, primarily focused on the confirmation and swearing in of the new senate appointments, as well as the future plans for the upcoming semester. Three senators from the previous Read More …
By Thomas Curry Renovations for Maloney Hall, the newly funded Busch School of Business’ building, are in the final stages as classes are scheduled to move into classrooms before the end of the semester. Maloney Hall, originally named the Martin Maloney Chemical Laboratory, was constructed in 1917 and named after Maloney for his philanthropy work Read More …
By Abby Anderko Hosted by the McLean Center for the Study of Culture and Values, the lecture on “The Meaningfulness of Life” follows the same theme for the international research project that was the topic of the 2019 Annual Seminar, “inaugurating a five-year project with the central theme being the meaningfulness of life.” This is Read More …
By Alex Santana President Donald Trump officially recognized Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela on January 23rd, the day after Vice President Mike Pence called Guaidó stating the United States would support him and his new government over dictator Nicolas Maduro. Over 20 countries in Latin America and Europe as well as Canada and Australia Read More …
By Jared Prenda As the Catholic University family was ringing in the New Year, we lost one of our own. Chris Crafa, a junior, passed away due to a cardiac event early in the morning of January 1st near his home in Garden City, New York. He was 20-years-old. Chris, a mechanical engineering student, had Read More …
By Robbie Cruz On Tuesday, January 29th the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception filled up with Catholic University students to celebrate the National Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas. Classes were cancelled from 11:50 until 3:00 pm. The feast day celebrates the life and legacy of Aquinas, a philosopher who impacted Read More …
By Katie Ward Catholic University students are preparing for one of the most stressful parts of spring semester: figuring out their housing for the next school year. New changes to the housing requirements have increased anxieties for students about the housing process. Students who have gone through the housing application process in previous years know Read More …
